News Forum - Rice farmer accuses Bangkok authorities of flooding his field

[Thaiger]

A rice farmer has accused the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration of releasing water into his field. The farmer, Dacha Nutalai, is the vice president of the Bangkok Agriculturalist Association. Dacha made a video of his rice field in Nong Chok district on Friday, showing viewers that the water in the field was up to his waist. The angry farmer said that he had been preparing to harvest his crop, and the situation was even worse than the flooding in 2011. Dacha demanded that the BMA come up with a better solution, since the flooding had stopped him from harvesting his rice. […]

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